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Feather boards and Push sticks, oh my.... - MarkSingleton - 01-30-2019 Just came in from the shop, after cutting some narrow strips for some edge banding. (Sister in law needs more shelving in kitchen cabinetry) Anyway, while I was in the borg today getting a fresh can of shellac and a few other things, I wandered over to the tools. Gee, like none here ever do THAT. There was a feather board from Kreg at a reasonable price. So it followed me home and jumped up onto my table saw. Had not used one since high school. What took me so long I DO NOT know. Much better, safer cutting it seemed to me. Between that and my 'skinny' push stick, it took no time to get the three sticks that I needed done and over with. Sometimes its the little stuff that makes a guy smile. RE: Feather boards and Push sticks, oh my.... - Bill Wilson - 01-30-2019 A couple years ago, I had a similar epiphany with my router table. For many years I used a cheap, aluminum Craftsman router table. I tried a home made feather board on it, but there was little space to get a clamp to hold it in place, so it was cumbersome to use and didn't work very well. I replaced it with a purchased router table, with T-slots in the fence and the table, allowing use of feather boards in both places. Two came with the table and I bought 2 more (Kreg). Man, what a difference. Table routing is sooooo much better (and safer) now. RE: Feather boards and Push sticks, oh my.... - MstrCarpenter - 01-30-2019 (01-30-2019, 03:45 PM)Bill Wilson Wrote: A couple years ago, I had a similar epiphany with my router table. For many years I used a cheap, aluminum Craftsman router table. I tried a home made feather board on it, but there was little space to get a clamp to hold it in place, so it was cumbersome to use and didn't work very well. I replaced it with a purchased router table, with T-slots in the fence and the table, allowing use of feather boards in both places. Two came with the table and I bought 2 more (Kreg). Man, what a difference. Table routing is sooooo much better (and safer) now. Just wait 'til you get a stock feeder! RE: Feather boards and Push sticks, oh my.... - DustyDan - 01-30-2019 Just my 2 cents but I also find the Grabber push block a game changing accessory RE: Feather boards and Push sticks, oh my.... - captjack - 01-30-2019 (01-30-2019, 04:59 PM)DustyDan Wrote: Just my 2 cents but I also find the Grabber push block a game changing accessory Thats the way I feel about Micro jigs line of products , best push blocks on the market! |